FOI/202400433585 Review of 202400433556 · FOI · unclear
Statistics on electronic monitoring measures: FOI Review
Information requested
Original request 202400433556
Details of how many criminals were subjected to electronic monitoring (tagging) measures in each of the last five years, including information on the number of those aged under 18, and a breakdown of males and females.
Response
I have now completed my review of our failure to respond to your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for details of how many criminals were subjected to electronic monitoring (tagging) measures in each of the last five years, including information on the number of those aged under 18, and a breakdown of males and females.
In accordance with section 21(4) of FOISA, I have also reached a decision on your request.
Please accept my apology for the delay in responding to your original request. This was due to an administrative error whereby the request was not immediately forwarded to our team.
I can now provide our response to your original request. The information requested is set out in the table below, showing the data for each of the last 5 financial years. The number of monitored persons under the age of 18 is also incorporated within the previous figures provided.
Year April - March Total number of electronic monitoring orders issued Number of male monitored persons Number of female monitored persons Number of monitored persons aged under 18 2019/20 4798 4117 681 145 2020/21 3539 3113 426 78 2021/22 4254 3715 539 57 2022/23 5082 4491 591 95 2023/24 5801 5079 722 88
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In accordance with section 21(4) of FOISA, I have also reached a decision on your request.
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